Garrett P. Serviss

The hero of this tale of scientific wonder is called "A Columbus of Space" because he is the first to take advantage fo the power of "inter-atomic energy," which enables him to navigate the Ocean of Ether and sail to the shores of another world than ours. He constructs a curious spool-shaped machine and "sets sail" into space, arriving with his companions on the planet Venus. A classic science fiction adventure in the style of and dedicated to the readers of Jules Verne. An independent scientist discovers the secret of "inter-atomic energy", and with it builds a craft which carries himself and three friends to Venus, where they discover the dwellers of the dark side, incredible floating cities, and peril at every turn.

This volume features two novels by Garret Serviss, one of the most popular early science fiction writers. Serviss was an American astronomer, popularizer of astronomy, and early science fiction writer, who also wrote several non fiction books on astronomy. His novels were widely read, most published serially in magazines. The first novel in this volume, Edison's Conquest of Mars, is his most popular novel. This early space opera was written as a sequel to Fighters from Mars, an unauthorized and heavily altered version of H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds, and was among the first novel to use several themes and motifs that later became signature of the genre. The main character is Thomas Alva Edison. A COLUMBUS OF SPACE is about a trip to Venus (written before Edgar Rice Burroughs and Otis Adebert Kline Venus series), on a craft that can travel a tremendous speed, powered by the "power of the atom". In Venus, the travelers find different societies depending on if you live on the sun side or the no-sun side of the planet ... It is written in Jules Verne's style, and as an homage to Verne.

- This unique Science Fiction classic is re-born with nearly 150 photographs of the Moon, the Planets and other pertinent subject matter. The reader will very much enjoy this pictorially enriched classic. Thomas Edison in outer space? A steampunk retelling of history? Martian invaders? Yes, it's all here in this sci-fi classic written in 1898. This unique edition is illustrated by nearly one hundred and fifty photographs from Earth to the Moon to Mars and back, as the famous inventor and his ragtag crews stave off an alien invasion. Great fun

The book 'The Moon Metal' was a science fiction story written by famous American writer Garrett P. Serviss, published in 1900. Serviss was a passionate astronomy writer, in this entertaining novella, he has imagined a future amusing story. The theme of the story is amazing and terrific for common readers. Author narrates huge deposits of gold was found in Antarctica, it became common metal and created financial crisis in the world market. There was hue and cry in the world economic scenario because value of every currency was declined. A group of bankers came in action to save the world from this economic crisis. A new metal Artemisiumis is discovered to substitute the gold but unfortunately it was in possession of a scientist Dr. Syx. Dr. Syx wants to control the power of whole world. He asserts that metal comes from his rockies mines only he can produce this. But in reality it is not the earth's product, it comes from the moon by a matter transmitter. Two youths decide to find out the truth about this metal.